HYPERTEXT :: PRACTICAL DEFINITION
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FACTUAL REFERENCE / CONCEPT NOTE

Hypertext is information connected through links that allow a reader to move
non-linearly among documents or parts of documents.

The important word for this archive is non-linearly.

A feed usually emphasizes sequence: next, next, next. Hypertext can emphasize
relationship: background, source, contradiction, map, character, glossary,
previous version, side trail, joke, hidden room.

A good hypertext environment gives meaning to the act of choosing where to go.
That is why the archive treats navigation as part of authorship rather than mere
site plumbing.